So even though her heart was torn apart, she still let her husband go. When the educated youth returned to the village, he promised to come back for Zhang Xiangcao and her daughter after his exams but never did. Soon after he left, Zhang Xiangcao found out she was pregnant. But who was it that said that waiting in itself was a sign of growing old? The flower of the village was gradually withering away. Flowers were never meant to bloom forever; they eventually wilt and waste away.
Just before their child was due, a message finally arrived from the educated youth, but it wasn't his physical presence but a divorce letter. Many men can fall passionately in love, but how many can maintain it?
